Winter Restaurant Weeks: AC, Buckhead, DC, Denver, MSP and the OC!

Maybe the folks from Orange County, California, aren’t sick of winter, but I’m pretty sure the rest of us are. The good news, aside from spring’s arrival on March 20, is that winter restaurant weeks are still happening across the nation.

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My friend Thom mentioned to me that a restaurateur he knew complained that restaurant week should never have been extended to two weeks, that he was thinking of backing out next year because it presented some logistical and financial difficulties. A light bulb went off in my head, this could be a good angle to cover for Tinsel & Tine; so I wrote to 22 participating restaurants asking them to please answer the following 3 questions as a follow up to Restaurant Week 2010:

1. What is it that you try NOT to do during restaurant week?

2. a) What dish out of all the courses was the most popular?
b) Was this dish already on your main menu?
c) if not, have you added it?

3. If you could change anything about Restaurant Week, what would it be?

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Caroline Potter

Caroline Potter is the Chief Dining Officer for OpenTable, Inc. She’s a dining trend-spotter and an OpenTable VIP, who dines out more than she eats in and has accrued more than 10,000 Dining Rewards points. Caroline started working in restaurants as a teen and she's since tackled every front-of-the-house job, from bartender and hostess to runner and server. She trained as a chef at Manhattan’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, cooking at L’Ecole. In addition to her role at OpenTable, she has written about food from farm to table for New York City’s famed Greenmarket and Edible Brooklyn and Edible East End magazines. Caroline is also a Certified Master Gardener.